H*2161 (Rat #0460, Act #0422 of 1988) General Bill, By T.W. Edwards and D.E. Martin
Similar (S 0242)
    A Bill to amend Section 7-5-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the appointment by the Governor of the Board of Registration in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments; Section 7-13-35, relating to the requirement that the Election Commission in each county publish notices of elections held in the county, so as to change the reference from Election Commission to authority charged by law with conducting an election and include references to primary and municipal elections, and require notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on challenged ballots, list of precincts involved in the election, and the location of polling places in each of the precincts, and delete language exempting the provisions of this Section from extending to any special election held to fill a vacancy created by death, resignation, or removal from office; Section 7-13-70, relating to the appointment of Commissioners of Election in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments, to require the appointment of managers of election only for the general election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, and to add a provision requiring the authority charged by law with conducting the primaries, special, or municipal elections, to appoint three managers of election for the first five hundred electors registered to vote in each precinct; Section 7-13-90, relating to the meeting of the county committee, so as to delete language appointing a clerk for each voting place, and managers for any polling place in which five hundred or more registered electors are entitled to vote; Section 7-15-110, relating to persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot, so as to change a reference in the qualification to vote of allowing a citizen of the United States residing outside the United States from the Federal Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-203) to the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 9-410); and Section 7-15-330, relating to the time of submitting applications for absentee ballots, so as to authorize that a request for an application to vote by absentee ballot may be made any time during the calendar year in which the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot is being held rather than sixty days prior to the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot.-amended title
View full text

01/13/87	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-75
01/13/87	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-75
02/11/87	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-478
02/17/87	House	Debate adjourned HJ-562
02/18/87	House	Read second time HJ-602
02/19/87	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-639
02/19/87	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-603
02/19/87	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-603
03/18/87	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable, minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-966
04/02/87	Senate	Read second time SJ-1152
04/02/87	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-1152
03/09/88	Senate	Amended SJ-1328
03/09/88	Senate	Read third time
03/09/88	Senate	Returned SJ-28
03/17/88	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-2174
03/22/88		Ratified R 460
03/28/88		Signed By Governor
03/28/88		Effective date 03/28/88
03/28/88		Act No. 422
04/05/88		Copies available